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Dan Kegel wrote:
> Followup: I tried again, with
> 
> cygrunsrv --stop sshd
> cygrunsvr --remove sshd
> ssh-host-config
> and then saying yes to everything except "do you want to use a different name".
> This time configuration succeeded, net start sshd succeeded,
> and ssh localhost succeeded!
> 
> I then added an exception for port 22 in Windows Firewall,
> and ssh from the next machine also worked.
> 
> Whew.  That was a struggle!   I wonder if ssh-host-config's -y
> option should be changed to default "do you want to use a different name"
> to "no".

Yes, this is a known issue.  Currently I think it's best to _not_ use
the '-y' option for 'ssh-host-config'.

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